by Molly McGrath | Jul 31, 2018 | Communication, Leadership, Personal Growth, Team Empowerment, Team Training
It sounds like a no-brainer: pay your employees based on their performance. Provide merit-based pay raises, or incentivize your team with a bonus system for reaching short-term performance goals. Makes sense, right? Employees will go the extra mile for your firm,...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 24, 2018 | Communication, Increasing Business, Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
Whether you’re a boss or an employee, there is no phrase more cringe-inducing than, “employee evaluation.” Bosses dread the impending pay raise request, employees fret about whatever they’re about to be reprimanded for, and the truth…is that both the boss and the...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 15, 2018 | Hiring, Increasing Business, Team Empowerment, Team Training
We’re gonna start by throwing some statistics at you: 3.4 million American workers quit their jobs in April, versus the only 1.7 million who were laid off; the unemployment rate is 3.8%, the lowest this country has seen in 18 years; and those who have switched jobs...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 10, 2018 | Hiring, Increasing Business, Technology
Especially at a boutique law firm, there is zero wiggle room when it comes to wasting time, energy and money. You just can’t let it happen. If your firm is like most of our clients’ firms, you’re probably already working with limited resources. Flushing them down the...
by Molly McGrath | Jul 3, 2018 | Leadership, Team Empowerment, Team Training
Over the years, we’ve connected a lot of amazing lawyers and legal support staff with a lot of amazing boutique law firms. But, over the years, we’ve also seen these amazing law firms make a big mistake: implementing employee training and development programs that...